Tara Johnson, RDH, PhD, is an associate professor of dental hygiene at Idaho State University in Pocatello, where her research focuses on pharmacology and chemoprevention of oral cancer. Johnson has presented papers at national and international professional meetings, and serves on the Idaho State University Institutional Review Board. She can be reached at: johntara@isu.edu.
Dental providers who are knowledgeable about immune responses are well positioned to work with patients who have undergone — or will undergo — biotherapy.